2 Volumes of 209 and 258 pages with 52 aquatint plates picturing views along the river Thames including Blenheim Castle, Windsor Castle, London bridges, Westminster Abbey, and The Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich.

Original half calf, marbled binding of 1792, rubbed and worn with faint spotting.

Samuel Ireland produced a series of these scenic views of British rivers at the end of the 18th Century as the fear of French invasion prompted a national turn towards patriotic and contemplative representations of domestic subjects.